Impulse Paper No.9 The impact of regulatory approaches targeting collaborative economy in the tourism accommodation sector: Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris 2016 Professor Dianne Dredge TRU - Tourism Research Unit Department of Culture & Global Studies Aalborg University, Denmark
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[email protected] Assistant Professor Andreas Birkbak The Techno-Anthropology Research Group / TANT lab Department of Learning & Philosophy Aalborg University, Denmark
[email protected] Professor Torben Elgaard Jensen The Techno-Anthropology Research Group / TANT lab Department of Learning & Philosophy Aalborg University, Denmark
[email protected] Associate Professor Anders Koed Madsen The Techno-Anthropology Research Group / TANT lab Department of Learning & Philosophy Aalborg University, Denmark
[email protected] This paper has been commissioned by the European Commission’s DG GROWTH to examine the impact of regulatory approaches targeting collaborative economy in the tourism accommodation sector in the cities of Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. The views and propositions expressed herein are those of Aalborg University and do not necessarily represent any official view of the European Commission or any other organisation mentioned in this paper. This paper should be cited as: Dredge, D, Gyimóthy, S., Birkbak, A., Jensen, T. E. & Madsen, A. K. 2016. The impact of regulatory approaches targeting collaborative economy in the tourism accommodation sector: Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. Impulse Paper No 9 prepared for the European Commission DG GROWTH. Aalborg University, Copenhagen. 2016 Executive Summary The collaborative economy is a major driver of economic and social innovation and is transforming many sectors of the economy including tourism.